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UNIT-ED JSTATEs PATENT @Erica E. E. CORNELL, JE., OE NEW Youn, N. Y.

IIVIPR'OVEM ENT IN BALING-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.'47,S-00, dated May 23, 1865.

i Analogous or Fibrous Substances; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the press, one ofthe front posts being removed to exhibit some of the parts of the press which are behind it; Fig. 2, a side elevation, and Fig. 3, a horizontal section through the chamber of the press.

The same letters are used to indicate the same parts in all the iigures.

I The nature of my invention consists, first, in constructing the chamber ofthe press with close sides, thereby avoiding the formation of loose parts or ears in the bale; and, secondly, in the method of relievingsthe iinished bale from lateral pressure, so that it may be removed from Vally'by proper cross-framing, C and D, and

through-bolts E.

Upon the inner corners of the posts B B,\ I make rabbets or bearings for the traveling sides I-I H of the chamber M, as shown in Fig. 3, and at J in Fig. 1. Ihe traveling sides H II are of suflicient length to extend from the lowest-position of the platen F to above the cope K, thereby filling up the space between the posts on both sides of the chamber, the

front and back of the chamber being closed by doors b and b', as usually employed in all such presses.

The platen F is constructed in the usual manner, with cross grooves in its upper face for the bale cords or bands, and is attached to or rests upon the lifting-beam G, to which also should be attached the traveling sides II H, so that the platen and sides of the chamber shall move up and down together.

The press thus constructed may beoperated by the ordinary toggle-levers Y Y, as shown in Fig. 1, which are connected to the top parts of the traveling sides H II of the chamber M by the pin Y, passing through the eyebolts T T, attached to the traveling sides; also connecting by the pin X, in the middle of the togglelever Y, with the stationarypin W, in the ends of the lower cross-framing, C, by means of the radius -bars Z, from the pins V, also,the hangerbolts S S pass down through the lifting-beam G, where they are secured by nuts; or the press may be operated by any other convenient and suitable means.

The cope K is made in the usual manner, with cross-grooves in its under face correspondingto those in the platen, and for the same purpose. This cope is made to slide out on the carriers R It, so as to afford an open space at the top of the chamber M, through which the chamber may be conveniently filled from the lo'ft above. The cope is then returned to its place, when the operation of pressing may be repeated. On the top of and attached to the cope K are two or more cross-bars, L L, which take or bed against the under side of the top framing, D D, between the posts, and thus form a reacting-basis for the operation of pressing.

In the lower part of one of the traveling sides II, I make a taper and dovetailed notch or gain across the interior face, as shown at N, Figs. 1

and 3, of about the length the finished bale is in height, and insert therein aV movable stop,

so as to be easily putin or taken out. For this purpose also I makenotches or gains in one or both the adjacent posts in the upper part of the` chamber, or immediately under the cope K, so that the side stop, N, may pass through the post B when required to be put in or taken out, as shown by dotted lines at P, Figs. 1 and 2, the notches in the posts being filled up flush by pieces of corresponding size attached to the doors for that-purpose, as shown at a and a', Fig. 3, and thus pass out of or into these notches by the opening or closing of the doors b and b.

I have described and illustrated the traveling 4sides of the chamber M as arranged between the posts of the press; but it is obvious that they may be made to cover the entire inner face of the posts and as Wide as the platen, and have substantially the same effect. I therefore do not limit myself to any particular mana` ner of constructin g the traveling sides, so long as they are capable of producing the contemplated effect.

The advantages of this mode of construction over those noW in use are, first, the bale is packed in better shape and with an equal density throughout, and completely free from those projecting parts or ears which are so ob- `iectionable in commerce, because of the Waste caused by such parts in handling and transportation, the chamber of the press being thoroughly inclosed on all its sides; secondly, greater facility in removing the finished bale from the press, by withdrawing the side slip,

and thus relieving the bale from lateral pressure. l

Having thus described the construction and operation of my improved press, what I claim therein as my own invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The formation of a close chamber in the press by means of the traveling sides of the chamber, substantially as described.

2. .The side slip, N, in combination with the traveling sides of the press, for facilitating the removal of the finished bale from the press,

substantially as described.

F. F. CORNELL, J n. Witnesses: JOHN COCHRAND,

ANDREW I. TODD. 

